Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 15:10:13 11/03/01
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On November 03, 2001 at 17:19:24, Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso wrote: >Hi, >I seem to remember someone posted an idea from you which says something like: >If the current move at the current ply is in the hash table and the current move >of the previous ply is also in the hash table the extend 1/3 of a ply. >I've tested this and i resulted in a significant tree size increase. >I was wondering you you have tuned/improved this idea. >Could you please tell me anything about this? > >Thnak you, >Alvaro Cardoso The idea isn't active in the current Rebel for the reason you mention, it blows up the tree too much. It makes the program tactical stronger but I was unable to notice an improvement in real games. However I haven't fully flog the subject to death by adding exception code to the algorithm such as adding a window of say 2-3 pawns, skip captures or checking sequences etc. Ed
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